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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/elf/rtld.c b/elf/rtld.c
index 4291f18993..4f22a625ed 100644
--- a/elf/rtld.c
+++ b/elf/rtld.c
@@ -1176,7 +1176,9 @@ of this helper program; chances are you did not intend to run this program.\n\
l->l_map_start = (ElfW(Addr)) GL(dl_sysinfo_dso);
/* Now that we have the info handy, use the DSO image's soname
- so this object can be looked up by name. */
+ so this object can be looked up by name. Note that we do not
+ set l_name here. That field gives the file name of the DSO,
+ and this DSO is not associated with any file. */
if (l->l_info[DT_SONAME] != NULL)
{
/* Work around a kernel problem. The kernel cannot handle
@@ -1184,10 +1186,10 @@ of this helper program; chances are you did not intend to run this program.\n\
const char *dsoname = ((char *) D_PTR (l, l_info[DT_STRTAB])
+ l->l_info[DT_SONAME]->d_un.d_val);
size_t len = strlen (dsoname);
- l->l_name = (char *) malloc (len);
- if (l->l_name == NULL)
+ char *copy = malloc (len);
+ if (copy == NULL)
_dl_fatal_printf ("out of memory\n");
- l->l_libname->name = memcpy (l->l_name, dsoname, len);
+ l->l_libname->name = memcpy (copy, dsoname, len);
}
}
}